Sunday Poetry: The Uncooked Vanilla Pudding of Life
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Hold on to your hat today. Or don’t, because if you do, you might lose your edge, and The Edge is where I want to be, by Lisa Martinovic, is our Sunday poem.…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Final Excerpt of One Mountain Away,
Tuning in late? Since Friday, July 6th I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the beginning of One Mountain Away here at my blog. Today the excerpts conclude because the novel is now at your favorite bookstore and you can read the entire novel. Hurray! You can still see prior excerpts by clicking on Goddess Anonymous under Categories at the…
Read More7 Things I’ve Learned after 70 Books
Today is the launch for One Mountain Away. Cue the trumpets and race to the bookstores. One Mountain is the first of my new series, Goddesses Anonymous, and one of the more difficult novels I’ve written. You would think, wouldn’t you, that after seventy books, I should be able to dash off a novel between…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: New Dreams Every Night
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I’ve spent the weekend celebrating a “big” birthday for my husband. All our sons and their families arrived to spend it with us here in NY, and it’s been wonderful. Since birthdays are…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Part Four of One Mountain Away
Tuning in late? Every Friday this month I’ve shared the beginning of One Mountain Away , and I’ll conclude next week on August 3. By then the book will be at your favorite bookstore or better yet, on your personal bookshelf. You can read prior excerpts by clicking on Goddesses Anonymous under Categories at the right. Start reading from…
Read MoreA Sneak Preview of One Mountain Away
Shhh. . . Don’t tell anybody, but I’ve just updated my website and added all new pages about the upcoming release of One Mountain Away. You can find an overview, my inspiration, praise from fellow authors and reviewers, an excerpt, book discussion questions, even a recipe. We had hoped to have an entirely new website to launch…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: A Penny Cheaper
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I’m spending the summer at Chautauqua Institution, which sponsors morning lectures each week on a different theme. This week’s theme was Water and we were fortunate to have the talented resources of National…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Part Three of One Mountain Away
Tuning in late? I’m sharing the beginning of One Mountain Away today and every Friday through the end of the month when it makes its debut at bookstores. You can read prior excerpts by clicking on Goddess Anonymous under Categories at the right. Start reading at the bottom. Part Three, Chapter Two, part one: Charlotte…
Read MoreThe Little Picture or the Big One? What’s Your Pleasure?
After knee surgery in the spring, I began taking walks each morning. Little by little I’ve increased the distance and speed that I walk, most of it up or down hills, until I’ve gotten back to what’s always been my regular route. But this past weekend I must have exercised with too much resolve, because…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Like Pointed Shoes Too Cheap for Elves to Wear
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. More poetry today about the charms of summer. John Updike’s Chicory certainly brought back a wonderful memory. Years ago my first summer in Virginia followed a spring of new and spectacular beauty for me.…
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